Phishing

The Advertiser: Internet thieves on the prowl:

"The scam emails often give plausible explanations why information is needed, such as 'to conduct security upgrades', 'investigate irregularities' or 'arrange payment of bills due'. South Australia Police would not release figures on the number of people who had been caught up in phishing scams."

The emails are quite slick and I can imagine it is easy to be caught out in a moment of lapse when you are just trying to get through the things wich have t be done. It's how this article reports people being caught. All the time you try and do the right thing and sooner or later you are sucked in. The phishing emails seem almost bone fide and I have always reported them to the banks or whatever the emails claim to come from. Now I don't bother opening anything I am not aware is going to be for me. That has had mixed results but agencies tend to be sympathetic. Mostly they never contact you about anything without prior warning. Some surveys are unnecessarily invasive and people who create surveys need to be aware that this is now an issue. Likewise with the cold calling. I never respond to that and that tends to be our approach here. Anyone who rings up out of the blue with a sales pitch will not get far because, as I keep saying, we are fed up with it. We just want to get on with our lives and constantly we have to be lacking in trust. Not a good way to live.